. Burpee's novelties for 1890. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Pennsylvania Catalogs; Vegetables Pennsylvania Catalogs; Seeds Pennsylvania Catalogs. 5 FORDHOOK EARLY WATERMELON. Of recent years no grower has had such marked success in producing valuable new watermelons as Mr, Paynter Frame, of Delaware, well known as the originator of Burpee's Mammoth Ironclad and Thfi Delaware Watermelons. Of the FoRUiic)t)K Early Mr. Frame says :— " This new melon has been grown side by side with all other early sorts, and has proven itself to be the earliest of ; We h
. Burpee's novelties for 1890. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Pennsylvania Catalogs; Vegetables Pennsylvania Catalogs; Seeds Pennsylvania Catalogs. 5 FORDHOOK EARLY WATERMELON. Of recent years no grower has had such marked success in producing valuable new watermelons as Mr, Paynter Frame, of Delaware, well known as the originator of Burpee's Mammoth Ironclad and Thfi Delaware Watermelons. Of the FoRUiic)t)K Early Mr. Frame says :— " This new melon has been grown side by side with all other early sorts, and has proven itself to be the earliest of ; We have had early melons of good quality (notably Burpee's Hungarian Honey and Phinneyi's Early), but this is the fust extra early watermelon of fine quality that is also of large size. From seed planted on the tenth day of May, larj^e, ripe melons were picked the last week in July, thus, even in the past un- favorable , demonstratinsi; its in- bred character of maturing extra early. As shown in the illustra- tion, engraved from a pho- tograph directly on the wood, the form is nearly round. The average weight of the melons, even during this excep- tionally bad season, was thirty-five pounds each,—a size rarely attained by any other extra early melon under favor- able conditions. The rind is tough, making it a valuable variety for ship- ping; the outer color is a uniform medium-green ; the seeds are white; the flesh is bright red and very sweet. Per pkt. 15 cts.; 2 pkts. for 25 cts.; 5 pkts. for 60 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original W. Atlee Burpee Company; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Philadelphia, Pa. : W. Atlee Burpee Co.
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